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Originally Posted by ladyh
For the performance courses, do you just email them and audition with the incoming first years? I read there's an ear test and theory test, and if you have RCM Grade 2 Theory then you don't have to do it .. but does it need to be from within a certain time range? I completed that test with the RCM when I was 9 or 10 .. so I don't know if that's too long ago (I'm 20 now lmao).
For the actual audition, is it similar to the format of the RCM exams? Do you play as many pieces, and then do the technical parts (including ear test, etc etc)? Is it quite as nerve wracking? Even more nerve wracking?
How do the performance classes work? Do you just work on a number of pieces throughout the semester?
Sorry for all the questions!!!
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I'm not sure if you email them about auditioning, but yes there is a ear test and theory test. You can use the RCM Grade 2 Theory if you got over 80% within the past 2 years, but since you did it when you were 9, you will have to take the theory test with your audition.
The actual audition is similar to the RCM exams, where you play 2-3 pieces (of 10 - 20 min. long, i cant remember the exact timing), and there is an ear test afterwards, but you don't need to play scales/chords or anything like that.
I'd say its less nerve wracking than an RCM exam, because this audition is more based on pass/fail, whereas RCM actually gives you marks on everything you perform. but either way, i still get nervous when auditioning or doing an RCM exam.
The performance classes are where you are given a number of pieces which you study until the end of the year where you will perform them in front of a jury (so 1-3 people). Hope this helps!